Department of Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences - Scholarship Information
Departmental tuition support scholarships are available through the Department's Excellence Fund, the Gildersleeve Fund for Geology Excellence, and the Michael Trapasso Meteorology Fund.
Full-time sophomore, junior, or senior majoring in a field within the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences. A minimum of 3.2 cumulative GPA is required to be eligible for this scholarship. Go to WKU's scholarship site to complete an application for this fund no later than February 1st each year.
Full-time sophomore, junior, or senior majoring in a field within the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences. Applicable for those students with financial needs. Applicants for these scholarships MUST complete the WKU (not the departmental) Scholarship application form (go to WKU's scholarship site to complete an application for this fund).
For full-time undergraduates or graduate students studying geography (cultural, GIS, planning, environment, sustainability, meteorology), a need-based scholarship from the James and Avo Taylor Scholarship is available that provides funding for the academic year. Applicants for this scholarship MUST complete the WKU (not the departmental) Scholarship application form (go to WKU's scholarship site to complete an application for this fund), and the recipient cannot be receiving any other form of financial aid. Applications are due February 1st of each year for the upcoming academic year.
For the departmental academic-support scholarships, competitive funding is available for freshman BS Meteorology students, outstanding returning BS Geological Sciences students, and outstanding returning BS Environmental, Sustainability, and Geographic Studies (ESGS) majors. Incoming freshmen students should have high ACT/SAT scores and an outstanding record of achievement in their high school. Returning students should have a 3.2 GPA or higher, have demonstrated financial need, or have a compelling reason to justify funding support.
The Scholarship Committee will consider GPA, financial need, and other relevant information.
DEADLINE for departmental applications is July 15 for the upcoming academic year,
and March 15 annually for summer programs (Study Abroad, field camp, etc.).
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***NOTE: The WKU deadline for scholarships is FEBRUARY 1 - this deadline includes the Department's DAVIS, TAYLOR, and AHSAN scholarships.
Travel Scholarships
Travel scholarships are available for undergraduate majors and Geoscience Graduate
students for each academic year:
(1) Students must be attending an approved local, regional, national, or international
conference and be sponsored by a department faculty member;
(2) Priority funding support is given to those students who are presenting a paper
or poster at a conference, and who are supervised by a faculty member;
(3) Students seeking travel support must request funding from their faculty supervisor
using the approved travel request form, who should then forward the request for funding
to the Department Head;
(4) Students should submit a budget of their anticipated expenses with their request
for funding using the approved form;
(5) Students should share costs wherever possible (hotel, driving, etc.) and should
be prepared to contribute their own funds to the professional development activity
as departmental budgets are extremely limited;
(6) The department does not pay per diem; it only reimburses reasonable and normal
travel expenses. Students should keep all receipts as no reimbursement can be made
without an accompanying receipt;
(7) Students should seek funding support from other sources as well, including the
Ogden Dean's office, the Honors College, faculty grants, etc.
(8) All claims for reimbursement MUST be made within 30 days of completion of travel.
NO reimbursements will be processed after the 30-day deadline;
(9) Requests for non-travel support such as equipment rental, sample processing, etc.,
should be made directly to the faculty supervisor with a justification for requesting
support;
(10) For more information, contact your faculty advisor or the Department here.
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